More than a hundred people turned out to quiz the politicians wanting to be South Ribble’s next MP at a packed hustings event in the constituency - exactly a week before polling day.
Four out of the five candidates vying for the seat at next week’s general election were put through their paces in a two-hour debate, which ran the gamut of issues that the public said mattered most to them. >>> Click here to watch the debate in full.
We need common sense and lower taxes’ “I agree with Paul - we need to change. We’re called the Reform party, but I think of us as the ‘common sense party’. Who doesn't want to see the votes being stopped, which we can do right now? Who knows who's coming into this country illegally and what their ultimate intentions are? “And that's not the real elephant in the room - the real elephant in the room is legal immigration.
know local people’s problems - because I’ve lived here most of my life’ “I am the only local candidate who originates in the constituency, having grown up in Leyland, where I attended local schools. I then…gained a degree in business and finance from our local university, UCLan. I now live in Penwortham, where I am the local South Ribble Borough councillor.
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